Author: Sarah Potter Writes
Sarah is a British eccentric who writes offbeat fiction, haiku and tanka poetry. When stuck for words, she sketches or paints instead. She's into nature conservation, sustainability, gardening, dogs, natural health, and reading. Her sociability is something that happens in short bursts with long breathing spaces in between.
View all posts by Sarah Potter Writes
Sarah Potter Writes 
What lovely blue skies and what a beautiful daughter you have there Sarah. But then no surprise there… 😉 I remember a visit to the IOW when my eldest was three (a while ago, ha!) and I’m sure we must have gone to Ryde but can’t remember. A lovely place though and so glad you had such a lovely time xxxx
LikeLiked by 1 person
My daughter is far more beautiful than me, but thanks, Sherri 🙂 Ryde Pier Head is arrival and departure point for the Wightlink foot ferry, if that jogs your memory. Union Street, in my second photo, is the main shopping street that climbs a fairly steep hill from the seafront road. That building on the right, with the statues on top of it, is quite famous, as it belonged to Hughes & Mullins, who were granted a Royal Warrant in 1885, naming them as “photographers to Her Majesty at Ryde”. When I email you, I’ll send you a closer up picture of the statues, which also shows the old Hughes and Mullins sign at the side of the building.
LikeLike
My gran lived on the IOW for years and she lived just outside Ryde in a place called Binstead, I spent so many hours there during holidays growing up, my daughter got to spend lots of time there as well but my son has only had one visit so far just before we moved my gran up north to spend her final years closer to the family, I cannot wait to take him back again and show him all the places we visited down there over the years,
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow, Paula. I know Binstead. The IOW is just wonderful. My daughter used to go there every year with my parents during Cowes Week. Whilst my father sailed his boat during the day, my mother would take Vanessa out to all sorts of places around the island. She fell in love with the place and, as an adult, moved there after deciding that South London wasn’t the best place to raise her own children.
LikeLike
Lovely all around. That is one long-legged beauty you’ve got for a daughter!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Dale. Yes, Vanessa is a long-legged beauty and has always made the heads turn. My granddaughter has taken after her and, at nearly 13, is almost as tall as me (and I’m not short)!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I can’t believe you’re a grandmother! And no, I picture you as a tall string bean! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Tall, skinny, but hopefully not stringy. That being said, on a bad day, I’ve looked in the mirror and announced that I resemble a deranged stick insect. Of course, my family reassure me otherwise!
Thanks for the comment about me being a grandmother. A few years ago, when sitting in a cafe holding my grandson in my arms, this French tourist was convinced he was my baby.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Tall and svelte (sounds so much better than skinny!) Stick insect!! Funny lady!
That is so cool! Way better then being an old parent who looks like a grandparent… A friend of mine that I went to high school with just became a daddy (again) at 51! No thanks. Not for me!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Imagine being the parent of a teenager when you’re in you mid to late sixties. No thanks.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Egads! No thank you! I had my boys at 32, 34 & 35…more than late enough (I calculated how old I’d be when the baby was 18!) Not as young as others but not too old to enjoy myself!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful photos, Sarah. Your daughter is very elegant, and looks like a model. I’ve never been to the Isle of Wight The architecture looks very interesting, and I love the old fashioned street lamp.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks you, Sylvia. Yes, my daughter is very elegant. She’s one of those people who can sling on any old thing and look a million dollars.
The Isle of Wight is fab. That street lamp reminds me of the one in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books.
LikeLiked by 1 person
what a fabulous day for a ferry ride. Lovely streets, lovely daughter!!
LikeLike
Never been to the IOW and you seem to have picked a great day for it Sarah.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It was lovely warm weather that day. I certainly noticed how cold it was in comparison, when I arrived back in my hometown on the mainland eastwards along the coast a few days later. Also the Sussex seagulls seemed much noisier than the IOW ones.
LikeLiked by 1 person
For sure the place is beautiful! I am glad to hear you enjoyed your trip Sarah! All the very best to you! 🙂
Swetank.
Be Bettr, Stay Bettr! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Swetank 🙂 The Isle of Wight is beautiful and I’m glad to a very good excuse to visit it regularly, although not as often as I like.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It looks lovely Sarah, not somewhere I’ve been. And a beautiful daughter you have too of course 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love the place. So much to see and such a lovely old-fashioned feel about it. My daughter feels very happy about all the lovely comments people are making about her 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Your daughter is lovely and her special qualities shine through. This far outshines the beauty of the Isle of Wight and the street scene, although quite captivating.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, she is a very caring person 🙂
LikeLike